The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
THE GATES SWING. OPEN.
Continued from Second Pare

single accident.
Never was there a more beautiful day than
yesterday, The sun rose cloudless, and the
skies were unspecked from dawn to dusk. The
temperature was soft and balmy just cool
enough to encourage moving about but the
air was not sharp enough to bring discomfort
even If person stood in the shade. In many
respects the day was the most successful one
since the exposition began. The attendance
of visitors was much larger than was ex-
pected; it was about large as that of
any previous day. The mass of visit
ors were intelligent, well-dressed people,
who came to enjoy themselves
and to derive rs much instruction as possible
from an examination of the various exhibits
During the entire day every building was full
of sght-seers. All the displays were inspected
leisurely, and all were admired. A great
many strangers were noticed in the crowd
| Some Of than are here from Virginia and
Others from Minnesota There was enc party
OF twenty-five on the grounds all the way from
Houston Texas. The day was one OF unal-
| loyed enjoyment. Nobody was disappointed
Everybody expressed establishment at the
magnitude and success of the exposition.
The chief attraction yesterday afternoon was
the balloon voyage of the fearless Carlotta.
This was her debut before an Atlanta crowd
of spectators, and they were wild with en-
thusasm as the mammoth balloon scared high
above their heads and hoated into boundless
| space.
1t moved with exceeding grace and with
| great celebrity.
1t is perfectly new balloon, this being the
| first time it has ever been used. But it is
| beauty. Up to the present time it is nameesS.
| Carolotta says she believes she will call it
| Atlanta" but she has not fully decided upon
his.
| This air ship is a monster in size and a beauty
shape. 1t is thirty feet in circumference,
| and when inflated holds 12,000 cubic feet of
gas. 1t is more spherical than "Flying
Cloud, in which Professor Myers made his
ascent few days ago When at a very great
! altitude it seemed almost round.
TWAS precisely fifteen minutes past o'clock
when the balloon broke loose from its moor
! ings and rose from the ealth At first its
movement was slow, but soon it gained life,
| and made a sudden squirt which bore it 500
feet above the heads of the 5000 spectators
! in ten minutes it was out of sight.
Carlotta returned TO the Markham house by
| team with her balloon at s ;30la evening. She
| gives the following account of her two hun
| bred and nineteenth aerial excursion:
cone object of my ascension today was to
make final experiments with different varieties
of parachutes, and especially with u large one
| of novel construction, with which our GYM
mast aeronaut, Del Dare, will leap from the
| balloon at the height Of q mile or so next Mon
| day. Heretofore the parachutcs in use have
had only little sustaining power in the air, and
| possesses no means Of guidance, but Professor
| Myers latest invention is calculated to float
| like 'thistle-dOWn,' and wander around in
| the aerial regions like thing of life. After
tossing out four small parachutes of various
construction and color at q height OF ZOO feet,
l cut loose the big striped red and white para
| chute hanging below me. My bal
loon gave tremendous leap up
ward and left the parachute apparently
stationary below me or slowly falling. 1t par
TALLY expanded almost instantly and then
more slowly spread its canopy,and began sail
| ing at slight angle toward my left, and i'll
advance of me, not oscillating at all, but slight
| ly moving itself like a gigantic bird with out
spread wings Its downward motion seemed
exceedingly slow. 1t passed piece of woods,
then clearing, another woods and another
clearing then across q road, over a house and
| finally lit on the ground between the trees be-
! hind the house. In all its movements it entirely
answered the expectations OF its inventor, and
| only seemed to need a skillful Ironaut aboard
it, to guide it like flying machine Its entire
weight is only nineteen pounds, and its form
| is dome, some twenty-four feet across, and it
is capable OF sustaining weight Of over 500
filthy by contrast, and I noticed this es-
| pecially as / neared the ground again. at
O'clock on the farm OF j. S. Owens, three
miles beyond Pantherville, and about thirteen
! miles from Atlanta"
| "Where did you land?"
''In cotton field, and had no trouble except
| to get the surrounding crowd of darl1eS to hold
the balloon or help in anyway. They were
| afraid of being trapped in the net of the mon
ster and carried off. One of theip said:
| " BE you the lady dat rode il dat chariot?
| Shuah! [ thought it was star
"Another one, an aged woman, with black
| glossy skin and a crown of cotton colored wool,
was terribly afrighted and began praying and
| screaming. She thought the world had come
! to an end.
"A crowd of them collected in the field and
finally made circle round the balloon and had
| a religious meeting as J. was eXtricating myself
! from the net and the basket They INDUCED
| in heathensh lamentations and their singing
was weird. Finally, when they were con
| WINGED that ! was human being and not some
| oil. 4
was enabled to get my balloon in Shape for
! transportation to the city
CAT Mr.. Ovens house the neighbors came
| in from all directions and crowded the house.
! the colored people lSneelng on the floor around
| me and seeking to touch my hands or gar
| mcnts, and making many curious remarks,
| Well you is dc daring lady, ooh, honey,
| you is a flower from dc sky Dress God,
honey, you's de brave one!' and many other
| sayings of kindred nature"
! Yesterday topped the record.
1t beat the opening day. 1t beat Wednes-
| day, which was four thousand tickets ahead of
| Monday, and it holds the record as the biggest
! day of the exposition up to date. The crowd
at the fireworks last night was enormous, and
| everybody was delighted with the exhibition.
| Z, Yesterday closed the first week of the expo
| sition.
| Over u, 600 people have seen the great show
! and the crowds have hardly begun coming.
| To-day six excursion trains will be run into
! the city besides the regular trains, and to-
| morrow every road Will run two trains on
! each schedule. We again warn the people
who want to see the exposition that they
! should not wait until Tuesday, Tor the trains
! can only bring certain number of people and
when the trains are full they will not stop at
| the stations. 1t is safer to come to-day or to-
morrow and not wait for Tuesday
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The Nineteenth Century Club is an organi-
| cation that will consist OF an equal number of
men and women. 1t is hardly to be expected
that they will agree on all subjects; but it can
| surprise no one to learn that DIR. Pierces
| Golden Medical Discovery" is unanimously
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for pulmonary consumption, as has been de-
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arrests the disease and restores health and
strength, if administered in its early stages.
| BY druggists.
The Public is Nowhere.
! From It'd Bits
The earth is the Lords, but the down town
| sidewalks belong to the whole ale trade.
Never Travel without Them.
Persons should never travel without box Of
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